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单词 anvil
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
an•vil /ˈænvɪl/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Metallurgya heavy iron block on which heated metals are hammered into desired shapes.
  2. Meteorology, Anatomya small, similarly shaped bone that is part of the ear.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
an•vil  (anvil),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Metallurgya heavy iron block with a smooth face, frequently of steel, on which metals, usually heated until soft, are hammered into desired shapes.
  2. anything having a similar form or use.
  3. the fixed jaw in certain measuring instruments.
  4. MeteorologyAlso called anvil cloud′, anvil top′. incus (def. 2).
  5. Music and Dancea musical percussion instrument having steel bars that are struck with a wooden or metal beater.
  6. [Anat.]incus (def. 1).
  • bef. 900; Middle English anvelt, anfelt, Old English anfilt(e), anfealt; cognate with Middle Dutch anvilte, Old High German anafalz. See on, felt2

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
anvil /ˈænvɪl/ n
  1. a heavy iron or steel block on which metals are hammered during forging
  2. any part having a similar shape or function, such as the lower part of a telegraph key
  3. the nontechnical name for incus
Etymology: Old English anfealt; related to Old High German anafalz, Middle Dutch anvilte; see on, felt²
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